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lol... this is exactly how my collection went today. I struggled to put coherent sentences together as I looked around the car, and still can't come to grips that the one on the driveway is mine 😀

Agree... this looks like amazing fun! :D

I was expecting to see this was some sort of misunderstanding, or they use unicorn blood (due to its superior viscosity and anti-wear properties), but no... they have chosen the path of Extreme Piss Taking on labour. wow. Certainly justifies the cost of a lift setup at home for you.

I'm glad a resolution is in sight... but I'm sad it had to work out this way for you :|

How very dare you! :shakefist:

No, not adjustable. Your options are complete replacement for Nitrons etc, or adjustable perches - GRP Adjustable Lowering Kit for Lotus Emira – GregsRaceParts.com Can't advise on alignment, other than... maybe drive it for a bit and see how it feels first :)

This is when you know you should seek counselling for your modification addiction - when you start soldering JTAG connectors onto shit so you can reprogram it :D

Pretty solid endorsement from him 👍

Looks slick 👍 On a tangent to this, the million dollar question is: are you any closer to finding a part number / source for ye olde push-button controls?

Yo dawg, I heard you like covers... </pimped>

Quick question... which side of the glass is it on? Could be drool splatters from driving around with a giant sht-eating grin... :D

Because, like, the environment, man... 😏 🦆 (edit: I also wondered this, but fck knows California has no sense of humour on such issues)

Feels somehow relevant - xkcd: Git Commit (doesn't even feel like we get "misc bugfixes" level of detail TBH 😅 )

Just held on with adhesive... so standard trick of heat and dental floss / something to gently pry with should do it.

Aw, man... I was totally making popcorn in preparation for seeing the results of you fitting nitrous 😂

It is nice that many are not having problems, and your usage pattern sounds perfectly cromulent to me, but surely you have to admit that, on the face of it, it is faintly absurd for owners of any modern car to have to even think about whether simply getting the thing wet (setting aside the issue...

I guess I just don't see how it is a surprising outcome... as @K_Squared posted, stiffer suspension and track-biased tyres are probably worth a couple of seconds (matching the manual GT4), and a DCT gets you another couple of seconds on top of that 🤷‍♂️ I could see how that would suck if you...

A car set up with street-biased tyres and suspension, with a manual, outshone by a track-biased setup running a dual-clutch transmission, running on a tight twisty track... yeah, glad I was sitting down for that shock. 😏

You're right... should have zoomed in. 👍

I'm pretty sure it is good practice for the technicians to work completely naked too (or maybe a lycra body stocking in these modern times?), so that no errant belt buckles or whatnot can scratch anything. PS: the air duct cut-out on that apron makes me wonder if it is for an Evora. Either way...

@Bilbao-Emira - squinting at your pics again... did you put spacers behind those wheels?

Congrats on the anniversary! 🎉 This looks goddam amazing... all works really well with that colour, nice job! My Aerie wheels haven't even arrived yet, and I'm already rubbing my chin trying to figure whether I'd be skinned alive by my significant other for also ordering sideskirts, splitter...

Mine just turned up... they look fantastic! 👍 Cheers again @Martylemoo :tiphat:

TBH, I'm subconsciously putting my faith in the Lotus community and aftermarket... which is probably fine for mechanicals, maybe ok for physically-induced electronic gremlins, and 😬 for any lingering software issues. And the paint blister thing just makes me curl up in a ball if I think about it...

Can somebody clarify... do you have to have Homelink optioned on the car, or can the button just be otherwise assigned to do what the fob does? I didn't option Homelink on mine, because I didn't see the point, but this seems more useful than a garage door opener button :)

Got to the end of this and found myself nonplussed and wondering if I had accidentally skipped over the "technically deep" section that benefited from having direct "engineering support" from Lotus... maybe I set my expectations incorrectly when they said they got people from Lotus involved 🤷‍♂️

You beat me to it... I will absolutely fault any muffin for having raisins. Raisins can jog on.

Don't mistake "being ok with this" with "trying to make the situation less shit" 😅 .... I am definitely not thrilled about this, but be damned if I'm not still smitten with this car. Tragic, I know.

Following this train of thought, and besides keeping the drain holes clear (or drilling more!), I wonder if sploshing something around inside to seal/waterproof the inner skins of the doors would help 🤔

Yeah, this definitely troubles me the most out of all possible issues... ... and this is why it troubles me. It blows my mind that leaving your car out in the rain could increase the chances of such a nasty issue. I'm actually starting to think it might be better to leave the car outside for...

I see your "best oil" topic, and I raise you an "oil additives" topic... 😁

On the upside, at least they are offering you another car... I paid for mine yesterday (it's sitting at the dealers waiting for me - omg, getting excited now!), received a receipt and everything, and Lotus rang me today to ask for payment again :LOL:

100% yes... if you intend to keep this car for any length of time and/or you have any shred of mechanical sympathy, I can't see why you wouldn't. Oil cheap, engine less-cheap.

At least the car is lighter than my current one... maybe I can just push it up the street :)

This sounds excellent (and I'm also with you on the Eventuri wail - so awesome) ... I loved the crackles as you tried to creep up your street at 25mph, but I'm fretting about drawing unwanted attention (said the guy about to collect a Seneca Blue Emira with gold wheels :LOL: )

Fair enough. For what it's worth, when I put my deposit down in 2021 (lobsob!) I was 100% in camp AMG, for pretty much the reason you state. When my situation changed (years later, second lolsob), and I no longer needed to do a daily commute in the car, my heart overruled my head (or was it the...

I can scarcely believe that I'm going to be That Guy ™️ in this thread, but the Emira (especially in V6 manual form) is Probably Not The Car You Are Looking For if fractional gains in 0-60 keep you up at night... it just isn't anywhere near the point of this car.

Lookin' good! I like the plates as well :D Do you think there is any danger of rubbing on the arches with those offsets? It's probably the main thing that puts me off ordering with a custom offset... but the idea of spacers doesn't thrill me either.

Not to be difficult (well, actually, totally being difficult :) ), but could you pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top also try to include what just the muffler change without decat sounds like? 🥺 🙏 I'm in the camp of wanting to go with the GRP titanium system after the cat (for weight reduction and...

Go home Bilbao... you're drunk. Again. :)